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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



A CHRISTMAS SONG 



THE SORROWING, 



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By£L1ZBETH BftOMINS. 




BOSTON, U. S. A. 
L. PRANG & COMPANY 



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Oh, you to whom tlie Christmas' time 

Brings only l)itter tears, 
And agonizing" memories 

(Jf joys ol by-gone-years ! 



Whose ears the merry greetings strike 
With discords, sharp as pain; 

Who steal away to hide yonr grief, 
And weep, and weep again. 



What better oft'ering can you bring 

To sanctify the day, 
Than hrm resolve for others' sake 

To lay your grief away? 



To let no shadow from vour past 
Their happy present chill ; 

With true, unselhsh cheerfulness, 
The whole long day to hll. 



It is no easy thiii^- to do — 

To smile and let no trace 

Of all the sorrow in your heart 
Be mirrored in your face. 



It is no easy thing*, and yet, 
li done for others' sake. 

Some echoes of the jov around 
Must in your heart awake 



Anrl who shall say, that in the realm 

Of immortality, 
Your loved ones may not thrill with joy, 

This Sacrifice to see t 



Then courage, courage, fainting heart. 

Be equal to the test ; 
So shall you find your Christmas time 

With sacred Peace is blest. 

LiZBKTH B. CoMINS. 



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